Authority

There are people horrified by this prospect, but the
criticism that Wikipedia, say, is not an "authoritative source" is
an attempt to end the debate by hiding the fact that authority is a
social agreement, not a culturally independent
fact.

Authority, historically, gets bestowed on the gatekeepers of
information, such as Britannica, universities, newspapers, etc.
Everything that can be digitized will be digitized, and will then
be available over the internet, which is disruptive, not only to
business models, but to authority.